Rep. Beatty, Tiberi aide named among 50 most beautiful people on Capitol Hill

By: Darrel Rowland

The Columbus Dispatch - July 29, 2014 12:58 PM

Central Ohio, apparently, constitutes a pretty good proportion of the beauty on Capitol
Hill.

Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Jefferson Township, and Brooks Keefer, a Reynoldsburg native who works for
Rep. Pat Tiberi, R-Genoa Township, are two of Capitol newspaper The Hill’s “50 Most Beautiful
People.”

Two out of 50 for one corner of the country? We'll take it.

Beatty, a first-term congresswoman whose previous brushes with fame include wiping lipstick from
the face of President Barack Obama just before a State of the Union address, was cited because of
her distinctive white hair and her fashion sense. The stroke survivor is known for wearing a “
killer pair of pumps,” according to the article, which also notes that Beatty loves boating with
her husband, Otto.

Keefer, 26, a legislative assistant for Tiberi, has one of the more interesting biographies of
the 50. The article describes him as a boxer and wrestling coach, as well as a part-time driver for
Uber car service.

The annual issue is one of the lighter but more popular annual features of the weekly Hill
newspaper. The list “has given Washington a rare opportunity to enjoy the glamour, humor, and
plain fun behind all the daily seriousness of this city,” says Bob Cusack, the publication’s editor
in chief.”

Beatty and Keefer were picked from nearly 400 entries, with those eligible limited to members of
Congress, congressional staffers, campaign aides, lobbyists, other Capitol Hill personnel and
executive branch employees.